reply, replie, replye

i. & t. (French replier to fold again; répliquer to reply, from Lat. replico to fold back; to reply: re- =back, and plico to fold; plica =a fold; Sp. & Port. replicar; Ital. replicare.] A. Intransitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. make reply or answer in words or writing "That is false thou dost report to us." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, v. 3. To tell from one to another; to spread or noise by popular rumor; to circulate, as a report. (Frequently, as in the example, in the phrase, it is re ported .) " It is reported, That good duke Humphry traitorously is murther'd.' Shakesp.: Eenry VI., Pt. II., iii. 2. 4. To tell generally; to relate; to make known; to give an account of. ( Nehem . vi. 19.) *5. To refer for information. "I report the reader to the Belgian histories."- Fuller . 6. To lay a charge against; to give information against; as, to report a servant to his master. 7. To give an official or formal account or statement of; as, to report the receipts and expenditure of a company to the board. 8. To take down spoken words in writing and publish the same; to write out and give an account or statement of, as of the proceedings, debates, ., of a meeting, a court, . "During the period he wrote rather than reported the speeches of members of Parliament."-Grant: Newspaper Pre , i. 148. repose 7. An account of the proceedings of a society, company, or the like, with a statement of its position financially or otherwise. 8. A paper delivered by the masters of all ships arriving from parts beyond the seas to the Custom-house, and attested upon oath, containing an account of the cargo on board, . 9. The sound of an explosion; a loud noise. "Rising and cawing at the gun's report ." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2. *10. Relation, correspondence, reference, connection. ( Fr.rapport .) "The corridors have no report to the wings they join to."-Evelyn.